Category Archives:DailyBytes

Jun. 09.

The Daily Byte: Silicon Valley Pong

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Forget hackathons.  Some startup teams just wanna have fun.  This pong tournament should provide some entertainment:

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Jun. 08.

The Daily Byte: Hack for funding

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This AngelHack hackathon will reward the top team with $50,000 in angel funding.  The event is June 23 and 24, but signups are open now.

 

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Jun. 07.

The Daily Byte: How to Pitch to a Seed Investor

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Lesson of the day? Know thy audience.  Depending on whom you’re talking to, you need to emphasize different aspects of your idea.  This event focuses on how to pitch to seed investors.

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Jun. 06.

The Daily Byte: Startups 101

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Have an idea?  Want to build it into a startup, but don’t know where to begin?  Serial entrepreneur Philip Rosedale will talk about how and why to create a startup, how to manage a team, how to raise money, etc.

 

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Jun. 05.

The Daily Byte: Sales 101

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Learn all you need to know about sales for startups, including prospecting and deal management:

 

AT&T is hosting a hackathon this weekend to build your own mobile apps.  Free food (duh) and cool speakers, including Stanford Prof Banny Banerjee.

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Jun. 04.

The Daily Byte: an accelerator for Israeli entrepreneurs

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Interested in hearing about Israeli entrepreneurship?  Or are you an Israeli entrepreneur seeking more options?  There’s a Silicon Valley accelerator for Israeli entrepreneurs!

  • CEO of UpWest Labs Gil Ben-Artzy is speaking today at noon at the Stanford GSB Knight Management Center in M109.

 

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Jun. 04.

The Daily Byte: ‘The Lean Startup’ author on how to be a lean startup

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Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, and founder of KISSmetrics Hiten Shah will discuss how to be a lean startup in SF this Wednesday:

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Jun. 03.

The Daily Byte: Code for America

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Not enough startups and computer programmers do work to make the world a better place.  But for those coders that do care about the broader impact of their work, applications have opened for the Code for America accelerator: http://codeforamerica.org/accelerator/

 

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Jun. 02.

The Daily Byte: Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch

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Entrepreneurs pitch to investors and company CXOs at this event to get feedback, advice and maybe make some connections.

 

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Jun. 01.

The Daily Byte: Entrepreneur Idol–do you have what it takes?

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Come to the OPEN Forum this year to submit your pitch for Entrepreneur Idol or to just shmooze with the executives from Zynga, Square, Sequoia Capital, Mayfield Fund, Alloy Ventures, Rho Ventures, Branchout, Intelius, Lightspeed Ventures, Cloudera, Secret Builders, RedOctane (Guitar Hero), Peanut Labs, Involver, World Bank,  Haas, MIT Sloan, SAP, Oracle, Morgan Stanley and many more.  Click here to learn more and to register.

  • Saturday, June 2 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View

 

 

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